Archive for June, 2009
BlackBerry Tour Verizon Release Date
WOW, so they finally announced it – the first official confirmation that BlackBerry Tour is headed for Verizon’s network, after all the hype and PR it only took a little over a year for this moment to come.
The self-proclaimed “America’s Best 3G Network” mobile provider has unveiled a teaser page for the smartphone.
My New Best Friend, The Newcastle DraughtKeg
Are you a badass? Then pop one of these bad boys, the Newcastle DraughtKeg ($23) into your BeerTender. And boom, your own portable English pub, the pressurized mini-keg serves up 10 pints of delicious draught beer.
Additionally it will stay fresh for 30 days with on-tap tastiness, just like the Heineken version. The Newcastle DraughtKeg will launch in select markets next month.
HTC Hero Release Date
For HTC and Android (Google), third time’s a charm. The HTC Hero ($TBA) is their newest handset offering and the third Android phone.
And thank God it doesn’t look like Gen 1 or Gen 2 Android phones – which were ugly as hell!
Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit
Need more speed than current-gen Wi-Fi can offer? OR, sick of spotty Wi-Fi due to interfearence? Check out the Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit ($150).
This new kit uses Gigle’s mediaxtream chip to allow transfer of files at up to Gigabit speeds — 1000Mbps — over your home’s electrical wiring.
New Samsung Omnia II
Get DVD-level video playback and recording in the Samsung Omnia II (Pricing TBA). Packing a crystal clear 3.7-inch, AMOLED resistive touchscreen with WVGA (480 x 800) resolution, this powerhouse smartphone offers a 5 megapixel camera, 720×480 video recording and playback, between 2GB and 16GB of internal storage along with a microSD storage slot, HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps and Read the rest of this entry »
Vanity URLs For Facebook
If you didn’t already know, starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13, you’ll be able to choose a username on a first-come, first-serve basisfor your profile and the Facebook Pages that you’re administrator of. You will be able to do this by visiting www.facebook.com/username/.
You can only choose a single username for your profile and for each of the Pages that you administer and you better think twice before choosing your username. Once it’s been selected, you won’t be able to change or transfer it – ever! Read the rest of this entry »
InnoDisk’s 128 GB NanoSSD
The InnoDisk NanoSSD amazingly packs 128-gigabytes of storage into a form factor not much bigger than a matchbox. And to top it off, InnoDisk claimes the drive still reads and writes at around 150 MB/s. Wow.
iPhone 3G S
The new iPhone 3G S ($200-$300; June 19) is the latest version of Apple’s God-gadget. It will come in 16GB and 32GB capacities in the familiar black and white.
Packed with performance updates (the S stands for speed), the new iPhone is up to twice as fast as the iPhone 3G and features a 3-megapixel autofocus camera, video recording capability, longer battery life, and new hands-free voice control.